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From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: To Clip(per) or not to Clip(per).
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.140243.13452@pegasus.com>
Date: 8 Mar 91 14:02:43 GMT
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>you a lot of money, for sure !! Last question: Why don't you take this stuff 
>to Unix ??! It's not that difficult. Or otherwise we can talk about the 
>version I'm writing now !!
>
>
Tony,  Most people don't know about it but there was a version of Clipper
running under UNIX about 4 years ago.  It was announced and demonstrated
at Comdex, Fall (in Las Vegas).  It was never released however.

Many people ask about a Unix version but it takes more than a port of the
code to make money.  Support becomes a big issue.  They way I explain it
is that it doesn't do anyone any good to be known as the "worst" DBMS
running under Unix.  So if one can't be near the top, the money is better
invested on a platform one understands.  I can't speak for Nantucket but
I imagine ROI (return on investment) is one of the guiding reasons to
not jump on Unix at this point.  There is a limited amount of resources
and one looks for the place where the most money is to be made given
one's expertise.

You're in Zurich right ?  There is at least one hotel in Zurich running
their entire operation on a Clipper app.  A company in Munich wrote it
(I worked there for a while).  It monitors the phone system and logs
calls, basically everything from check in to check out.

Clipper is by no means perfect but the Extend System (permitting the
relatively seamless integration of C and assembler) makes it pretty
handy.

As for information on the RDD (replaceable database drivers) you should
contact Nantucket directly.  You have a choice of their office in Cologne
Germany or in London, England.

later...

tom